I was potentially a brand new customer, and the owner treated me horribly. I called to ask about a…read morespecific part I needed for my STIHL leaf blower, because they are a STIHL dealer. Apparently they sell used equipment parts, and new. When I called, I was trying to price out a new part not knowing about their used parts business. He acted as though I should know that, and seemed put off that I didn't. It's the first time I've ever experienced a dealership of new equipment that has a used parts side business. He said over the phone gruffly that he had at least one, if not many of the exact part I needed in stock. His wording was confusing though. He said "We have the part on site". I asked him what did that mean? Are they at your dealership? On site could mean a warehouse nearby depending on how you look at it. I asked him again "Do you mean at your dealership" ? He said again "On site". He kept repeating "On Site" without explaining. Once I decided to let that confusion go, I assumed he meant at his business, even though I still wasn't 100% sure. He then said it was a part that was normally around $40 new, but he would sell the used part for $20, which he said was 60% off. I didn't argue that it would actually be $16, because based on his attitude at that point I decided to let it go. I told him I was on my way. I was under the impression that the part would be waiting for me when I got there, because he seemed to act like he had his eyes on it when I originally called. So I drove the 20 miles to get there. When I finally got there, there were two nicer younger guys that I was hoping I would be dealing with as far as the transaction went. They were polite and friendly. Unfortunately, the owner was the one I would be dealing with. He didn't greet me, even though I was clearly waiting to talk to him for a few minutes. He just kept working on some customer equipment issue at his work bench for 5 minutes, even though I was standing right by him. Finally I got his attention and reminded him that I came for the part we had talked about. He gruffly started looking for the part that I thought he would have waiting for me when I got there. He spent a few minutes looking, and then told me "There is no part, maybe a flaw in the inventory", and gave me a shrug. I then asked the younger guys if they could look up the part, and see if they had a new one in the store, because I didn't care if it was used or new. As they started looking, I said to the owner "You seemed annoyed with me on the phone, but I really thought you had actually bothered to get the part because you were off the phone with me on hold seemingly looking for it. "Don't tell people you have multiple of a certain part on site when you don't ". He didn't apologize for anything, and acted like it was my fault. He then asked me to get out of his store, yelling like some lunatic. He went from grumpy, to super angry in about 2 seconds. I agree he is technically the king of his castle, and I can tell his workers are afraid of his personality, because they probably had witnessed it many times and started to try and look busy working on anything they could find in front of them. I must say given the situation, I understand mistakes happen, but don't act rude to customers that are only there because of your word in the first place. If your word is no longer honest or trustworthy, time to find some help that can service the phone line properly, and stay out of site of your customers if you seem to hate them that badly. I've never been asked to leave any establishment or business in my entire lifetime, and I'm 50 going on 51. You can be "King Of Your Castle", but understand customers can and will continue to voice their opinion about you and your business. I just noticed this similar thing had happened to another poor customer in the reviews shortly before I witnessed this happening to me. I truly hope you get some help for your obvious anger issues. Everyone has bad days, but this looks like a common reoccurring problem you seem to have looking at some of your reviews. Zero stars.
